Configure a license master

This topic discusses configuring a Splunk Enterprise instance as a license master. Before you proceed, review the topic Allocate license volume for general information about allocating license volume across Splunk Enterprise instances.

If you have a single Splunk Enterprise instance, it serves as its own license manager once you install an Enterprise license on it. You do not need to further configure it as a license master.

If you have multiple Splunk Enterprise instances, you usually want to manage their license access from a central location.To do this, you must configure one instance as the license master. You then designate each of the remaining Splunk Enterprise instances as license slaves of the license master.

Choose the instance to serve as the license master

The license master does not usually need to run on a dedicated Splunk Enterprise instance. Instead, you can colocate it on an instance that is also performing other tasks:

Compatibility is significant at the major/minor release level, but not at the maintenance level. For example, a 6.3 license master is not compatible with a 6.4 license slave, because the 6.3 license master is at a lower minor release level than the 6.4 license slave. However, a 6.3.1 license master is compatible with a 6.3.3 license slave, despite the lower maintenance release level of the license master.

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